UPSC PYQPrelims 2022

Civil Services Examination · प्रश्न 21

Among the following crops, which one is the most important anthropogenic source of both methane and nitrous oxide?

  1. Cotton
  2. Rice
  3. Sugarcane
  4. Wheat
उत्तर देखें और व्याख्या

उत्तर: (B) Rice

व्याख्या

Flooded paddy fields emit methane (anaerobic decomposition), and fertiliser use/wet-dry cycles emit nitrous oxide.